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Every sweet imagined possibility

Guardian/adjacent:
Fanart: Angel/Demon.
It's never a bad time to stare at Zhu Yilong's pectorals again. Also his jawline and sternocleidomastoid. There must be a sexier name for sternocleidomastoid.

A piece of good news: ATLA returns to Netflix on May 15.

I finished the most boring section in Duolingo this morning--the one for "people." Ha ha, oh the irony. I do not care that Julia es cubana and I certainly don't need to have that repeated twenty times good LORD. I realize that repetition is key, but the entire five part lesson consisted solely of introductions ("my name is" "her name is") and where people are from (most of them from Cuba with one poor lonely soul from China). So glad to be done with that.

Feeling surprisingly alert/physically capable, so today will be my second attempt at mask-making. The original foray was thwarted when my fatigue brain couldn't process the instructions. /o\ For context, I used to be capable of sewing custom Elizabethan-style bodices and costumes like this. Chronic illness is a trip, y'all.

I mentioned on Twitter that McKitterick had never seen Yentl, which... that was just unacceptable so he actually bought the DVD and we watched it this week. If you, too, haven't seen it in, uh...probably 30 years? let me reassure you it holds up. There was only one tiny cringey thing which, in context, made sense but... well, eh, maybe I should make a post about Yentl? It was a very formative movie for little Manka let's just say. Any other Yentl fans in the house?

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How even are people *not* Yentl fans????!

I realize there are people who don't like musicals but it's a mentality I never want to embrace.

My mom kept the soundtrack when I went to college so 1988 was probably the last time I ever sang to it* and I still remembered probably 90% of the lyrics. SO GOOD.

*I performed "This is One of Those Moments" at a vocal competition in 8th grade awwwwwwwwww

Between my deep fondness for both musicals and Judaism I somehow still have never seen it the whole way through. I should fix that tout suite.

Oh, you should! It was very good.

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*fistbump*

My can't-even-read days are fortunately few and far between but there are times I can do is sit on the couch and wait for a better day.

I hope your days like that are minimal.

WOW, that angel/demon art is amazing! (And, I mean, so is Zhu Yilong, but that goes without saying by now. *g*)

Feeling surprisingly alert/physically capable, so today will be my second attempt at mask-making. The original foray was thwarted when my fatigue brain couldn't process the instructions. /o\ For context, I used to be capable of sewing custom Elizabethan-style bodices and costumes like this.

Yay for feeling alert/physically capable! Fingers crossed it'll stick around for a bit at least. And wow, that's some excellent sewing. I hope your mask-making attempt turns out well!

Yentl ... IIRC I never fully clicked with the movie because it partially hit my embarrassment squick, but I loved the soundtrack.

FINGERS CROSSED

Huh! The embarrassment squick thing didn't trigger at all for me. So interesting how we absorb different experiences of the same thing, isn't i?

To be fair, my embarrassment squick is ridiculously oversensitive. I wish I could turn just it off!

There must be a sexier name for sternocleidomastoid

LOLOLOL. I didn't even know there was a name for it - sounds so fake! XD

There are many muscles names that I'm just like...ugh. I understand why it's named that (it's very logical) but it's such an unattractive name for a lovely body part.

I first found out about this muscle on Wednesday, when my Pilates teacher suggested my awful jaw pain (the first time I've suffered it in my life) might be due to tightness in the SCM (her acronym). I googled SCM and lo and behold there it was. The anatomy diagrams and physio pictures were nowhere near as pretty as ZYL, of course. That's what I should have been looking up instead!

*heavy breathing intensifies* at the idea of a ZYL anatomy textbook

Oh god yes. That just got my heart rate up. (That's good for you, right? Like orgasms are.)

ABSOLUTELY

You know, I haven’t actually seen Yentl, but we had the soundtrack on a record (pretty sure it was in my mom’s contribution to hers and Dad’s merged album collections). I remember looking at the cover (it opened like a book) and just thinking all kinds of THINGS about Mandy Patinkin and Barbra Streisand and this one particular pic of him touching her face when she was in her disguise...I should probably watch it.

If you watch it, I hope you enjoy it!

*heavy sigh* he's so pretty, and that fanart is lovely :D

I'm really excited about ATLA, tumblr has primed me to love it, it's gonna be fun seeing where all the memes/references come from :D

LOL my brain was struggling so hard with Hindi adjectives until I hit the animal section and then BOOM it was like my brain woke up and started working again..hehee to hell with Raj's daughter's friends, tell me more about these black cows and large elephants and small rats/mice!

I need to try to do masks again, last week's attempts made me feel bad about myself. (fucking perfectionism) But considering I've literally never sewn more than a hem before, I suppose I'm not doing too bad. :D

I'm glad your well-being has come up enough for you to make another foray. :D

I may have seen Yentl once? I would love to read a post from you about the movie. :D

He's SO pretty. Ugh. God.

I hope you love ATLA! how exciting that you'll get to see it for the first time!

Definitely don't feel bad about yourself with the mask sewing. I used to be a fairly accomplished sewing person and neither of the test models I made today were usable for glasses-wearers. 👎

I really wanted to be a coke bottle for a few minutes there. *sigh* :D

I think I will, the themes I've seen discussed and the humor have appealed to me for a while, I just haven't had it together enough to track down watching it. Having it handed to me makes that much easier :D

My most successful mask was the one that I 'mapped out' on a paper towel first. I may try that again. God the glasses issue! I don't feel brave enough to try the patterns with the nose rise again. I attempted that once and was very overwhelmed. But it looks like I'll have plenty of time to practice heh

I was doing the front-seam one (a friend of mine called it the duck bill mask, which I love) and even with that dip, it doesn't sit anywhere near my face. And I don't (alas) have THAT large of a nose. For people with less of a nose bridge, it might be fine? Hey, you want me to mail you my prototype?

The front seam one was the one I tried too, there were so many parts my brain was like..wait what? I would love the prototype, yes :D Having a real example might help my brain to process how to make it. I'll email you.

Yay! I can even include some elastic if you like.

Some lessons on duolingo... just take the test and skip all the tedium.

Also, I've never seen Yentl. So I was thinking of adding it to the queue. Then as I read through comments, I see it's a musical. Sorry, no. Not a fan of musicals. Maybe I'll go read the wiki page about it.

I didn't even realize I could test out of some sections. Thanks!

What I usually do for totally new material, is do the first two lessons. By the third, it's all repetition. So if I've got it down, I'll test out of the level. With French and Spanish I don't even do that. I just take the test for each level and move on. Some topics on the Chinese I can move quickly, but others I absolutely cannot skip because it just won't sink in. Can't skip anything on scottish gaelic. :)

Good luck!

Yes! Please make a post about Yentl! That's exactly what I need to be screaming about this weekend! (I'm a little concerned that came off as sarcasm. Let me assure you: it was NOT.)

FUCK YES! I already wrote half of it. I'll see if I can wrap it up today.

In case you missed it I posted it yesterday--come yell with me! =D

Sorry, followed the link for the sternocleidomastoid, which is fucking AWESOME, but then got stuck on this image lower down. Glasses!

nggggggggggggggg

All of Zhu Yilong's muscles are worth watching, no matter their names. ;D

I just watched In and Out again yesterday, and it has that one iconic quote in it: "She was too OLD for Yentl." Which starts a brawl, lol.

I have not seen Yentl in ages, either.

All of Zhu Yilong's muscles are worth watching
GOOD POINT.

Ahhhhh! I missed a lot of general 90s culture and I never saw that movie (SOMEONE TAKE MY QUEER CARD). I think it might have to be one of those (like The Birdcage) that you had to have been there at the time. But maybe not! Do you think it holds up?

(Yentl holds up absolutely. Watch it again. Waaaaatch itttttttttt.)

I missed a lot of general 90s culture and I never saw that movie (SOMEONE TAKE MY QUEER CARD). I think it might have to be one of those (like The Birdcage) that you had to have been there at the time. But maybe not! Do you think it holds up?

I totally think it does. It has such funny dialogue, and such excellent (and still comedic) commentary on being queer, and it treats all of its characters with respect (except maybe the very minor side-character anorexic model girlfriend). We all love it a lot. greyathena and I had such a good time with it last night. And Kevin Kline's face is a delight in anything he does, so, yeah. I think it totally holds up. (And the movie seems to be free on starz. I wouldn't know, I have it on dvd.)

(Yentl holds up absolutely. Watch it again. Waaaaatch itttttttttt.)

I probably should. I just sat through a whole 18-episode Taiwanese drama about a girl masquerading as a boy, and I think I need to exorcise that.

Thank you for the vote of confidence on the movie. Maybe if I can ever make it to my local DVD rental place again they'll have it.

Feeling surprisingly alert/physically capable, so today will be my second attempt at mask-making. The original foray was thwarted when my fatigue brain couldn't process the instructions. /o\ For context, I used to be capable of sewing custom Elizabethan-style bodices and costumes like this. Chronic illness is a trip, y'all.

Oh, do I feel this. I used to sew SCA costumes, made my own wedding dress, hemmed and seamed for drama club, all of it. I could probably still manage to work out a simple pattern from instructions on a good day, if I had a sewing machine. Maybe. Perhaps.

A piece of good news: ATLA returns to Netflix on May 15.

This and the return of Leverage will be what prevents me from wearing out my Untamed DVDs within the year.

I could probably still manage to work out a simple pattern from instructions on a good day, if I had a sewing machine. Maybe. Perhaps.
Oh, bb, I'm so sorry to hear that. It's hard!

We lose so much and there's... just... nothing? I can do about it except laugh (bitterly sometimes).

I am trying real hard not to get excited about Leverage until I hear a lot more about it. I'll also need to find a way to steal it from Amazon.

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